Clothes-drying cabinet



Feb. 7, 1928.

1,658,277 E. A. ANDERSON CLOTHES DRYING CABINET Filed June 2. 1927 2 Sheets- Sheet 1 6 7 J. '7 E'Aflndemm %7 Gtkomugf Feb. 7, 1928.

E. A. ANDERSON CLOTHES DRYING CABINET 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 1927 gmxmtoo EAT-H7 derfion I I Ottomqf Patented Feb. 7, 1928.

UNITED STATES EDWARD A. ANDERSON, OF MCKEESROGKS, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTHES-DRYING CABINET.

Application filed June 2, 1927. Serial No. 196,096.-

the same time allow a comparatively large number of clothes to be suspended in it while drying.-

Another object of the invention is to permit a current of air to be circulated in the cabinet after its doors-have been closed and the clothes thereby caused to rapidily dry.

Another object of the invention is to allow the air circulated in the cabinet by an electrically operated fan placed therein to be warmed by heaters which are also preferably electrically operated and thereby decrease the time required to dry the clothes. Another object of the invention is to so locate the fan and heaters in the cabinet that a guard may be disposed over them and prevent danger of the clothes being torn by the fan or becoming ignited from the heaters in case they should slip from supports provided in the cabinet. 7

Another object of the invention is to provide clothes-supporting rods which are removably mounted in the cabinet so that they may be removed when not in use and to provide the doors of the cabinet with means for holding the clothes-suspending rods when not in use so that they will be prevented from becoming lost or broken and also be disposed where they may be easily reached when needed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view showing the cabinet in front elevation with its doors open;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the cabinet taken on the line 2-2 of Fig.

1 with the doors closed;

- Fig. 8 is a horizontal sectional view through the cabinet taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1 with the doors closed;

Fig. 4 isa sectional view throu h a lower clothes rod supporting bracket ta en on the line of Fig; 1, an I Fig. 5 is a similar view through an upper clothes rodsupporting bracket taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

The clothes-drying apparatus constituting the subject-matter of this invention consists of a cabinet which ispreferably formed of metal and includes a bottom 1, a top 2, side or endwalls 3, aback wall 4 and a short front wall 5 which projects upwardly from the bottom between the lower end portions of the side walls 3. In order to close the open front of the cabinet, there has been provided doors 6 and 7 which are also formed of metal and are hingedly connected with the side walls 3. The door 7 overlaps the door 6 when closed, as"shown in Fig. 3, and this door carries a latching handle 8, the stem of which extends through and is rotatably carried by, the door. At its inner end the stem of the turning handle carries a crosshead or plate 9, to the ends of which are pivotally connected upper and lower latching rods 10 and 11. These latching rods pass through guides 12 and 13 adjacent the upper and lower ends of the door and by turningthe handle 8 in one direction the latch rods may be moved longitudinally so that they are projected from the upper and lower ends of the door and seated in sockets formed in strips 14 and 15 which extend across the forward edge portion of the top 2 and upper edge portion of the, front wall 5 and constitute reinforcements for the top and front wall. It will thus be seen that the doors may be secured in a closed positionbut may be easily released and opened when necessary.

In order to support clothes to be dried within the cabinet, there has been provided clothes-supporting rods 16 which may be formed 0 wood or metal and are of such length that they may be disposed horizontally in the cabinet between the side walls 3 thereof with their end portions engaged in recesses or seats 17 formed in strips 18. These strips are secured against the inner faces of the side walls in vertically spaced relation to each other so that short articles of clothing, such as shirts and the like, may be suspended from the upper rods without engaging the lower rods. It should also be noted that the rods are removable from the recesses in the supporting strips so that they may be liftedout of place when not needed. It will be readily apparent that when sheets or other len thy articles arete vided with Vertically extending openings or passages 21 through which the rods are passed and the lower block is formed with a corresponding number of sockets in which the lower ends oi the rods are seated. l t

" will thus be seen that when not in use the rods will be siiipported'upon the doors where they may be easily reached when needed and where they will also be protected from injury and prevented from becoming lost.

In the lower portion of the cabinet be tween the short front wall 5 and rear wall a, there has been provided electrically energizedhea'ters23 which may be circular or rectangular when viewed in top plan and are oi a conventional construction. hese heaters are disposed in the side portions of the cabinet, as shown in Fig. 3, and between them is disposed an electric fan 24 which has itsbase secured against the rear wall.

This fan is also of a conventional construc- 1C A I. d 11. t. Q 4 ion and is 0 1e osci. tin pc so eat when in operation it may have swinging movement toward and away from the electric heaters and. therefore, direct its air olast first I toward one side wall oi the cabinet and then toward the other side wall thereof. By this arrangement air heated by the heaters may be inoved'upwardly through the cabinet and circulated therein in such a manner that the clothes suspended from the rods 16 will be thoroughly dried in ashort lengthof time. Openings EJJTEfOTInGCl inthe bottom of the cabinet adjacent the fan so that air may be drawn into the cabinet through these openings and, if desired, the top of the cabinet may be formed with openings through which the air inoved upwardly by the fan will pass. Supporting -feet 26 are provided the corners or the cabinet and casters so tout the cabinet may be illUTGCi from one place to another. Havingthus described the invention, I claim: 1. [L ing cabinet comprising a body n at its out, closure means for the open front movable into and out of a closed position, article-s ;pporting means in said body, heating means in the lower portion of said body 'Jp adjacent the sides thereof in spaced "elation to each other and having reflectors to direct heat upwardly, and a fan in th lower portion of said body between said heating means for directing air currents upwardly in the body, the air circulated therey being heated by said heating means. d1 ing cabinet comprising a body open at its front, closure incans inovable into and out of ciosi relation to the open "front of the body, artici e-supporting means in :-'"-id body, heating means in the lower porion 0 the body disposed adjacent the side i'liuit and spaced from each other, the botiving air inletopenings toin oi the body hioi-nied therein bet' een the heating means, a 2111 in the .ower portion oi? the body osed between the heating means above inle openings whereby air may be drawn into he cabinet through the openings and circulated in the cabinet and warined by the heaters.

In testimony whereof I aiiiz: my signature.

EDW ARD A. AYDERSON. [n s] p 

